Theo Duyvestijn (born ) is a
Paralympian
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
athlete from the
Netherlands
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competing mainly in category TW2 track events.
Duyvestijn competed in two Paralympics firstly in
1988
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where he competed as a 1C athlete in all the track races from 100m to 1500m winning a bronze medal in the 100m.
His second games came in
Barcelona
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in
1992 where he won the 1500m TW2 gold medal and the 400m TW2 silver medal as well as competing in the 200m and marathon.
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Living people
Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Dutch male sprinters
Dutch male long-distance runners
Dutch male middle-distance runners
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
People from Westland (region), Netherlands
Year of birth uncertain
Place of birth missing (living people)
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
20th-century Dutch people
Dutch male wheelchair racers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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